Privacy Policy

PRIVACY POLICY Last updated September 06, 2023   This privacy notice for The Salon Project (“we,” “us,” or “our“) describes how and why we might collect, store, use, and share (“process“) your information when you use our services (“Services“), such as when you:

  • Engage with us in other related ways, including any sales, marketing, or events

Questions or concerns? Reading this privacy notice will help you understand your privacy rights and choices. If you disagree with our policies and practices, please do not use our Services. If you still have questions or concerns, please get in touch with us at info@haircoloristnyc.com.  SUMMARY OF KEY POINTS This summary provides key points from our privacy notice. Still, you can find more details about any of these topics by clicking the link following each key point or using our table of contents below to find the section you are looking for. What personal information do we process? When you visit, use, or navigate our Services, we may process personal information depending on how you interact with us and the Services, the choices you make, and the products and features you use. Learn more about the personal information you disclose to usDo we process any sensitive personal information? We do not process sensitive personal information. Do we receive any information from third parties? We do not accept any information from third parties. How do we process your information? We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our services, communicate with you for security and fraud prevention, and comply with the law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent. We process your information only when we have a valid legal reason. Learn more about how we process your informationIn what situations and with which parties do we share personal information? We may share information in specific situations and with specific third parties. Learn more about when and with whom we share your personal informationHow do we keep your information safe? We have organizational and technical processes and procedures to protect your personal information. However, no electronic transmission over the internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Learn more about how we keep your information safeWhat are your rights? Depending on where you are located geographically, the applicable privacy law may mean you have certain rights regarding your personal information. Learn more about your privacy rightsHow do you exercise your rights? The easiest way to exercise your rights is by submitting a data subject access request or contacting us. We will consider and act upon any request by applicable data protection laws. Want to learn more about what we do with any information we collect? Review the privacy notice in full.  TABLE OF CONTENTS 1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT? 2. HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION? 3 . WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION? 4. HOW LONG DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION? 5 . HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE? 6. DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS? 7 . WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS? 8. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES9. DO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS? 10. DO VIRGINIA RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS? 11. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE? 12. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE? 13. HOW CAN YOU REVIEW, UPDATE, OR DELETE THE DATA WE COLLECT FROM YOU?  1. WHAT INFORMATION DO WE COLLECT? The personal information you disclose to us In Short, We collect the personal information you provide. We collect personal information that you voluntarily supply us when you register on the Services, express an interest in obtaining information about us or our products and Services when you participate in activities on the Services, or otherwise when you contact us.  Personal Information Provided by You. The personal information we collect depends on the context of your interactions with us and the Services, your choices, and the products and features you use. The personal information we collect may include the following:

  • names
  • phone numbers
  • email addresses
  • usernames
  • passwords

Sensitive Information. We do not process sensitive information—Payment Data. We may collect data necessary to process your payment if you make purchases, such as your payment instrument number and the security code associated with your payment instrument. Https://phorest.com/book/salons/salonprojectatbpllc stores all payment data. You may find their privacy notice link(s) here: https://salonprojectatbpllc.phorest.me/book/salon_privacy.  All personal information you provide must be true, complete, and accurate, and you must notify us of any changes to such personal information.  Information automatically collected In Short: Some information — such as your Internet Protocol (IP) address and browser and device characteristics — is collected automatically when you visit our Services. We automatically collect certain information when you visit, use, or navigate the Services. This information does not reveal your specific identity (like your name or contact information). Still, it may include device and usage information, such as your IP address, browser and device characteristics, operating system, language preferences, referring URLs, device name, country, location, information about how and when you use our Services, and other technical details. This information is primarily needed to maintain the security and operation of our Services and for our internal analytics and reporting purposes. The information we collect includes:

  • Device Data. We collect device data such as information about your computer, phone, tablet, or other device you use to access the Services. Depending on the device used, this data may include your IP address (or proxy server), device and application identification numbers, location, browser type, hardware model, Internet service provider and mobile carrier, operating system, and system configuration information.
  • Location Data. We collect location data, such as information about your device’s location, which can be precise or imprecise. How much information we collect depends on the type and settings of the device you use to access the Services. For example, we may use GPS and other technologies to collect geolocation data that tells us your current location (based on your IP address). You can opt out of allowing us to collect this information either by refusing access to the information or by turning off your Location setting on your device. However, if you opt out, you may not be able to use certain aspects of the Services.

2. HOW DO WE PROCESS YOUR INFORMATION? In Short, We process your information to provide, improve, and administer our Services, communicate with you for security and fraud prevention, and comply with the law. We may also process your information for other purposes with your consent. We process your data for a variety of reasons, depending on how you interact with our Services, including:

  • To facilitate account creation and authentication and otherwise manage user accounts. We may process your information so you can create and log in to your account, as well as keep your account in working order.
  • To deliver and facilitate the delivery of services to the user. We may process your information to provide you with the requested service.
  • To respond to user inquiries/offer support to users. We may process your information to respond to your inquiries and solve any potential issues you might have with the requested service.
  • To send administrative information to you. We may process your information to send you details about our products and services, changes to our terms and policies, and other similar information.
  • To fulfill and manage your orders. We may process your information to execute and manage your orders, payments, returns, and exchanges through the Services.
  • To enable user-to-user communications. We may process your information if you use any of our offerings to communicate with another user.
  • To request feedback. We may process your information when necessary to request feedback and contact you about your use of our services.
  • To send you marketing and promotional communications. We may process the personal information you send us for our marketing purposes if this is based on your marketing preferences. You can opt out of our marketing emails at any time. See “WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS?” below for more information.
  • To deliver targeted advertising to you. We may process your information to develop and display personalized content and advertising tailored to your interests, location, and more.
  • To post testimonials. We post testimonials on our Services that may contain personal information.
  • To evaluate and improve our Services, products, marketing, and your experience. We may process your information when we believe it is necessary to identify usage trends, determine the effectiveness of our promotional campaigns, and evaluate and improve our services, products, marketing, and your experience.
  • To determine the effectiveness of our marketing and promotional campaigns. We may process your information to understand better how to provide marketing and promotional campaigns that are most relevant to you.
  • To comply with our legal obligations. We may process your information to comply with our legal obligations, respond to lawful requests, and exercise, establish, or defend our legal rights.

3. WHEN AND WITH WHOM DO WE SHARE YOUR PERSONAL INFORMATION? In Short, We may share information in specific situations described in this section and with the following third parties.  We may need to share your personal information in the following conditions:

  • Business Transfers. We may share or transfer your information in connection with or during negotiations of, any merger, sale of company assets, financing, or acquisition of all or a portion of our business to another company.

4. How long do you think we’ll be able to keep your information? In Short, We keep your information for as long as necessary to fulfill the purposes outlined in this privacy notice unless otherwise required by law. We will only keep your personal information for as long as it is necessary for the purposes set out in this privacy notice unless a more extended retention period is required or permitted by law (such as tax, accounting, or other legal requirements). No purpose in this notice will require us to keep your personal information for longer than the period users have an account with us. When we have no ongoing legitimate business need to process your personal information, we will either delete or anonymize such information, or, if this is not possible (for example, because your personal information has been stored in backup archives), then we will securely store your personal information and isolate it from any further processing until deletion is possible. 5. HOW DO WE KEEP YOUR INFORMATION SAFE? In Short, We aim to protect your personal information through organizational and technical security measures. We have implemented appropriate and reasonable technical and organizational security measures designed to protect the security of any personal information we process. However, despite our safeguards and efforts to secure your information, no electronic transmission over the Internet or information storage technology can be guaranteed to be 100% secure, so we cannot promise or guarantee that hackers, cybercriminals, or other unauthorized third parties will not be able to defeat our security and improperly collect, access, steal, or modify your information. Although we will do our best to protect your personal information, transmission of personal information to and from our Services is at your own risk. You should only access the Services within a secure environment. 6. DO WE COLLECT INFORMATION FROM MINORS? In Short, We do not knowingly collect data from or market to children under 18. We do not knowingly solicit data from or market to children under 18. By using the Services, you represent that you are at least 18 or the parent or guardian of such a minor and consent to such minor dependent’s use of the Services. If we learn that personal information from users less than 18 years of age has been collected, we will deactivate the account and take reasonable measures to delete such data from our records promptly. If you become aware of any data we may have collected from children under age 18, please get in touch with us at __________. 7. WHAT ARE YOUR PRIVACY RIGHTS? In Short,  You may review, change, or terminate your account anytime. Withdrawing your consent: If we rely on your consent to process your personal information, which may be express and implied consent, depending on the applicable law, you can withdraw your consent at any time. You can withdraw your consent anytime by contacting us using the contact details provided in the “HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE section?” below. However, please note that this will not affect the lawfulness of the processing before its withdrawal, nor when applicable law allows, will it affect the processing of your personal information conducted in reliance on lawful processing grounds other than consent. Opting out of marketing and promotional communications: You can unsubscribe from our marketing and promotional communications at any time by clicking on the unsubscribe link in the emails that we send, replying “STOP” or “UNSUBSCRIBE” to the SMS messages that we send, or by contacting us using the details provided in the section “HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE?” below. You will then be removed from the marketing lists. However, we may still communicate with you — for example, to send you service-related messages necessary for your account’s administration and use, respond to service requests, or for other non-marketing purposes. Account Information If you would at any time like to review or change the information in your account or terminate your account, you can:

When you request to terminate your account, we will deactivate or delete your account and information from our active databases. However, we may retain some information in our files to prevent fraud, troubleshoot problems, assist with investigations, enforce our legal terms, and comply with applicable legal requirements. If you have questions or comments about your privacy rights, please email us at info @ haircoloristnyc.com. 8. CONTROLS FOR DO-NOT-TRACK FEATURES Most web browsers and some mobile operating systems and mobile applications include a Do-Not-Track (“DNT”) feature or setting you can activate to signal your privacy preference not to have data about your online browsing activities monitored and collected. No uniform technology standard for recognizing and implementing DNT signals has been finalized at this stage. As such, we do not currently respond to DNT browser signals or any other mechanism that automatically communicates your choice not to be tracked online. If a standard for online tracking we need to follow is adopted in the future, we will let you know about that practice in a revised version of this privacy notice. 9. DO CALIFORNIA RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS? In Short, Yes, if you are a resident of California, you are granted specific rights regarding access to your personal information. California Civil Code Section 1798.83, also known as the “Shine The Light” law, permits our users who are California residents to request and obtain from us, once a year and free of charge, information about categories of personal information (if any) we disclosed to third parties for direct marketing purposes and the names and addresses of all third parties with which we shared personal information in the immediately preceding calendar year. If you are a California resident and would like to make such a request, please submit your request in writing using the contact information provided below. If you are under 18, reside in California, and have a registered account with Services, you have the right to request the removal of unwanted data that you publicly post on the Services. To ask for the removal of such data, please get in touch with us using the contact information below. Include the email address associated with your account and a statement that you reside in California. We will make sure the data is not publicly displayed on the Services, but please be aware that the data may not be completely or comprehensively removed from all our systems (e.g., backups, etc. CCPA Privacy Notice The California Code of Regulations defines a “resident” as (1) every individual who is in the State of California for other than a temporary or transitory purpose and(2) every individual who is domiciled in the State of California who is outside the State of California for a temporary or transitory purpose All other individuals are defined as “non-residents.” If this definition of “resident” applies to you, we must adhere to certain rights and obligations regarding your personal information. What categories of personal information do we collect? We have collected the following categories of personal information in the past twelve (12) months:

Category Examples Collected
A. Identifiers: Contact t details, such as real name, alias, postal address, telephone or mobile contact number, unique personal identifier, online identifier, Internet Protocol address, email address, and account name  NO
B. Individual information categories are listed in the California Customer Records statute: name e, contact information, education, employment, employment history, and financial information  NO
C. Protected classification characteristics under California or federal law gender r and date of birth  NO
D. Commercial information: transaction n information, purchase history, financial details, and payment information  NO
E. Biometric information Fingerprints and voiceprints  NO
F. Internet or other similar network activity Browsing history, search history, online behavior, interest data, and interactions with our and other websites, applications, systems, and advertisements  NO
G. Geolocation data Device location  NO
H. Audio, electronic, visual, thermal, olfactory, or similar information and audio, video,  or call recordings created in connection with our business activities  NO
I. Professional or employment-related information: Business contact details to provide you with our services at a business level or job title, work history, and professional qualifications if you apply for a job with us. Business contact details to provide you with our Services at a business level or job title, work history, and professional qualifications if you apply for a job with us  NO
J. Education Information Student records and directory information  NO
K. Inferences drawn from other personal information: Inferences s removed from any of the collected personal information listed above to create a profile or summary about, for example, an individual’s preferences and characteristics  NO
L. Sensitive Personal Information   NO

We may also collect other personal information outside of these categories through instances where you interact with us in person, online, or by phone or mail in the context of:

  • Receiving help through our customer support channels;
  • Participation in customer surveys or contests; and
  • Facilitate the delivery of our services and respond to your inquiries.

How do we use and share your personal information? More information about our data collection and sharing practices can be found in this privacy notice. You may contact us by email at info@haircoloristnyc.com or by referring to the contact details at the bottom of this document. If you are using an authorized agent to exercise your right to opt out, we may deny a request if the authorized agent does not submit proof that they have been validly authorized to act for you. Will your information be shared with anyone else? We may disclose your personal information with our service providers under a written contract between each service provider and us. Each service provider is a for-profit entity that processes the information on our behalf, following the same strict privacy protection obligations mandated by the CCPA. We may use your personal information for business purposes, such as doing internal research for technological development and demonstration. This is not considered the “selling” of your personal information. We have not disclosed, sold, or shared any personal information to third parties for a business or commercial purpose in the preceding twelve (12) months. We will not sell or share personal information belonging to website visitors, users, and other consumers in the future. Your rights concerning your data Right to request deletion of the data — Request to delete You can ask to delete your personal information. Suppose you ask us to delete your personal information. In that case, we will respect your request and delete your personal information, subject to certain exceptions provided by law, such as (but not limited to) the exercise by another consumer of their right to free speech, our compliance requirements resulting from a legal obligation, or any processing that may be required to protect against illegal activities. Right to be informed — Request to know. Depending on the circumstances, you have a right to know:

  • whether we collect and use your personal information;
  • the categories of personal information that we collect;
  • the purposes for which the collected personal information is used;
  • whether we sell or share personal information to third parties;
  • the categories of personal information that we sold shared, or disclosed for a business purpose;
  • the categories of third parties to whom the personal information was sold, shared, or disclosed for a business purpose;
  • the business or commercial purpose for collecting, selling, or sharing personal information; and
  • the specific pieces of personal information we collected about you.

By applicable law, we are not obligated to provide or delete consumer information de-identified in response to a consumer request or to re-identify individual data to verify a consumer request. Right to Non-Discrimination for the Exercise of a Consumer’s Privacy Rights: We will not discriminate against you if you exercise your privacy rights. Right to Limit Use and Disclosure of Sensitive Personal Information: We do not process consumers’ sensitive personal information.  Verification process: Upon receiving your request, we will need to verify your identity to determine you are the same person with whom we have the information in our system. These verification efforts require us to ask you to provide information so that we can match it with the information you have previously provided us. For instance, depending on the type of request you submit, we may ask you to provide certain information so that we can match the information you provide with the information we already have on file, or we may contact you through a communication method (e.g., phone or email) that you have previously provided to us. We may also use other verification methods as the circumstances dictate. We will only use the personal information provided in your request to verify your identity or authority to make the request. To the extent possible, we will avoid requesting additional information from you for verification. However, suppose we cannot verify your identity from our maintained information. In that case, we may request that you provide additional information to verify your identity and for security or fraud prevention. We will delete such additional information as soon as we finish verifying you. Other privacy rights

  • You may object to the processing of your personal information.
  • You may request correction of your data if it is incorrect or no longer relevant or ask to restrict the processing of the information.
  • You can designate an authorized agent to request the CCPA. We may deny a request from an authorized agent who does not submit proof that they have been validly assigned to act on your behalf by the CCPA.
  • You may request to opt out from future selling or sharing of your personal information with third parties. Upon receiving an opt-out request, we will act upon the request as soon as feasibly possible, but no later than fifteen (15) days from the request submission date.

If you want to exercise these rights, you can contact us by email at info@haircoloristnyc.com or referring to the contact details at the bottom of this document. If you happen to have a complaint about how we handle your data, we would like to hear from you. 10. DO VIRGINIA RESIDENTS HAVE SPECIFIC PRIVACY RIGHTS? In Short: Yes, if you are a resident of Virginia, you may be granted specific rights regarding access to and use of your personal information. Virginia CDPA Privacy Notice Under the Virginia Consumer Data Protection Act (CDPA): “Consumer” means a natural person who resides in the Commonwealth acting only in an individual or household context. It does not include a natural person acting in a commercial or employment context. “Personal data” means any information linked or reasonably linkable to an identifiable natural person. “Personal data” does not include de-identified data or publicly available information. “Sale of personal data” means exchanging personal data for monetary consideration. If this definition of “consumer” applies to you, we must adhere to certain rights and obligations regarding your data. The information we collect, use and disclose about you will vary depending on how you interact with us and our Services. To find out more, please visit the following links:

Your rights concerning your data

  • Right to be informed whether or not we are processing your data
  • Right to access your data
  • Right to correct inaccuracies in your data
  • Right to request deletion of your data
  • Right to obtain a copy of the personal data you previously shared with us
  • Right to opt out of the processing of your data if it is used for targeted advertising, the sale of personal data, or profiling in furtherance of decisions that produce legal or similarly significant effects (“profiling”)

We have not sold personal data to third parties for business or commercial purposes. We will not sell personal data belonging to website visitors, users, and other consumers in the future. Exercise the rights provided under the Virginia CDPA. More information about our data collection and sharing practices can be found in this privacy notice. You can just contact us by email at info@haircoloristnyc.com, submit a data subject access request, or refer to the contact details at the bottom of this document. If you are using an authorized agent to exercise your rights, we may deny a request if the authorized agent does not submit proof that they have been validly authorized to act on your behalf. Verification process: We may request that you provide additional information reasonably necessary to verify your and your consumer’s request. If you submit the request through an authorized agent, we may need to collect additional information to verify your identity before processing your request. Upon receiving your request, we will respond without undue delay, but in all cases, within forty-five (45) days of receipt. The response period may be extended once by forty-five (45) additional days when reasonably necessary. We will inform you of any such extension within the initial 45-day response period and the reason for the extension. Right to appeal: If we decline to take action regarding your request, we will inform you of our decision and its reasoning. If you wish to appeal our decision, please email us at info@haircoloristnyc.com. Within sixty (60) days of receipt of an appeal, we will inform you in writing of any action taken or not taken in response to the appeal, including a written explanation of the reasons for the decisions. You may contact the Attorney General to submit a complaint if your appeal is denied.  11. DO WE MAKE UPDATES TO THIS NOTICE? In Short, we will update this notice to comply with relevant laws. We may update this privacy notice from time to time. The updated version will be indicated by an updated “Revised” date, and the updated version will be effective as soon as it is accessible. If we make material changes to this privacy notice, we may notify you by prominently posting a notice of such changes or by directly sending you a notification. We encourage you to review this privacy notice frequently to be informed of how we are protecting your information. 12. HOW CAN YOU CONTACT US ABOUT THIS NOTICE? If you have questions or comments about this notice, you may email us at __________ or contact us by post at The Salon Project45 Rockefeller Plaza3rd FloorNew York, NY 10001, United States.